January 2026

It’s a brutal crime that’s haunted the streets of Merseyside for decades.  In 1986, Diane Sindall, 21, was raped and murdered by a killer dubbed the “Beast of Birkenhead”. The florist had just finished working a late shift at a pub. It was a part-time job that she had only taken on to make some

A young man has pleaded guilty to killing a father-of-two by pushing him into the path of an ambulance. Robert Bromell, 39, was struck by the emergency vehicle in Oban, Argyll and Bute, during the early hours of 6 September 2023. Mr Bromell was taken to hospital with serious injuries following the incident at Corran

A police officer accused of dangerous driving after killing a driver during a high-speed pursuit of a suspect broke down in tears as he was cleared of wrongdoing. Matthew Pike, 40, was accused of causing the death of Keryl Johnson by dangerous driving, as well as causing death by careless driving, in 2021. However, after